Tony Abbott in The Lodge: it’s still ‘never’
The polls suggest that Tony Abbott is close to getting his little grubby hands on the keys to The Lodge. The keys, then, will be […]
Tony Abbott
This is so wrong
Overnight, elements of the mainstream media (MSM) displayed the gutter journalism and sensationalist crap that Senator Conroy admirably wants to tackle head on in this […]
Campbell Newman: Tony Abbott’s “mini me”
Why is it that conservatives can never learn from their mistakes, only repeat them? With Campbell Newman’s latest announcements, on privatising health and educational services, […]
What Tony Abbott will do for you (Part 1): the age pension
I can’t see the mainstream media’s commitment to telling us who to vote for being relaxed until the election is over and they’ve safely delivered […]
Pauline Hanson and friends
I’ve never paid any attention to anything Pauline Hanson says, but I’m starting to pay some attention to what people say about her. It was […]
Mr Abbott’s witch hunt
Tony Abbott has promised to do many things if the LNP win the 2013 election. This promise, now a couple of months old, has been […]
Opinion Poll Opinion
I know the mainstream media is only interested in polls owned by Rupert and any other opinion poll, however obscure, they can dredge up that […]
Up The Opinion Polls
If we are to take the latest Fairfax Poll at face value and try to analyse the sudden voter turnaround it conjures up a number […]
What Julia Gillard is up against
If I were the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, I’d get to the point quite often where I would feel the need to vent about the […]
An Open Letter to Tony Abbott
Dear Tony Abbott I notice that you’ve been getting a free run in the mainstream media over your whole career and it occurred to me […]
Howard’s Golden Years
Do you remember how good life was under the Howard Government? How we were all made to feel safe from terrorists and boat people? Remember […]
Tony Abbott: At war with the Universe
It’s not unusual for a politician to stand against, rather than for something. John Howard’s dismissal of climate change (until he reckoned there were a […]
Voting for action
In our previous piece, Climate change ‘a lay person’s dilemma’ John Lord provided a logical argument in consideration as to whether to believe or not […]
Tony Abbott in the Lodge: Never
David Marr’s quarterly essay “Political Animal” gives an engrossing, even gripping insight into the persona of the leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott. I made […]
Trial by media
In the heart of the nation’s capital, in the heart of its Parliament, we have the Canberra Press Gallery and, in its private alcove, the […]